treefit

Developer🧑‍💻 @ #deltachat

I ❤️ #rust-lang, like #typescript and dislike coding in java.

GitHub :github:: https://github.com/Simon-Laux
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DeltaChat Forum: https://support.delta.chat/u/simon/summary
pronouns: society says he/him, but I try to not care

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2025-07-15 13:04:48 UTC

Deltachat Desktop 1.60.1 is ready to be tested! Highlights:
🖼️ open all media view (gallery) in an own dialog
🔔 a sound effect is played when current open chat gets a new message (can be turned off)
🔎 Zoom In/Out with Ctrl +/-
💠 show 3 recently used apps in chat navbar
https://support.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-v1-60-x-release/3889
#deltachat_desktop

2025-07-03 08:06:10 UTC

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I also believe offering an option for native share makes sense.

2025-06-19 18:35:29 UTC

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Forum thread for reference and more arguments: https://support.delta.chat/t/make-send-on-enter-the-default-with-chatmail-relay-addresses/3745/6

2025-06-19 18:32:21 UTC

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We'd announce the change it in the update message and it would not change for users that have changed the setting already in the past.

2025-06-19 18:29:10 UTC

Should we change the default keyboard shortcut for sending messages in #deltachat_desktop #deltachat
The question is about whether the `"Enter"` key should create a newline or send the message.
The other shortcuts will stay the same:
- Ctrl/Cmd + Enter is always send
- Shift + Enter is always newline

2025-06-18 23:24:10 UTC

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chatmail core usually takes between 14mb and 60mb of RAM (depending on account count), so the 16 MiB of the #Precursor may be a bit small.
So would require some tinkering to either make #chatmail core take less memory or some swapfile magic.
I guess to make it speedy you would want to load an encryption module onto the FPGA next to the cpu.

2025-06-06 19:40:11 UTC

#deltatauri is ready for testing.
https://support.delta.chat/t/help-test-the-tauri-pre-release/3827
DeltaTauri is basically #deltachat_desktop , but using #tauri instead of electron.
Full Blogpost will follow soon.

2025-05-22 17:27:08 UTC

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could you elaborate what you mean by "webkit app"?
tauri îs using webkit on linux and macOS

2025-04-30 12:23:58 UTC

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I bet it is possible, worst case is that you need to make a pr to home assistant to build in support that addons can integrate even better - doesn't even need to be delta chat specific.

2025-04-09 07:10:40 UTC

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I think @npub1vnu…8mqn could be a solution.

2025-04-04 00:38:45 UTC

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so it fails to find the log file that should have been created by the tauri logger plugin. Maybe try to create a new folder somewhere then pointing then env var `$XDG_DATA_HOME` to that directory?
Could be a race or a problem in where log files are created. I couldn't reproduce your issue yet.

2025-04-03 15:34:23 UTC

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> Und Influencer:innen können an der Promo für DeltaChat nichts verdienen
Idee: Wohlhabende Privatpersonen könnten auch influencer sponsern, um DeltaChat ihrer Zielgruppe vorzustellen.

2025-04-03 15:24:06 UTC

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You can modify the chatmail relay to keep the messages, but you should probably then make it invite only so you don't just provide tons of free hosting space to random internet strangers.
Alternatively if we know more about the problem case we could develop a solution like automated encrypted backups to a cloud service or sth similar.

2025-04-03 15:20:18 UTC

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If they have problems making backups, won't they also have problems remembering their password or keeping their e2e decryption key?
wouldn't that then mean that the history server side would be not completely secure so that you can perform a "password reset" / "restore account" service?
Or is the problem regular backups and it would be less of a problem on a server that keeps the messages so importing an old backup would redownload all messages.

2025-03-30 20:57:43 UTC

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good question, thanks for reporting the issue. A friend recently build on arch and it worked for them. Either I introduced a bug in a recent commit, or you may have an environment variable missing.
Which commit are you on and which linen desktop do you use?

2025-03-29 18:05:32 UTC

just made #deltatauri compile for #android :android:
https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/pull/4871
#deltachat_desktop #tauri
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2025-03-25 20:47:31 UTC

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https://rdl.de/beitrag/chaosradio-freiburg-0xac

2025-03-21 17:06:56 UTC

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if the folder is not empty /exists already it assumes it is an account directory, so you would need to try sth. like "/tmp/dc-accounts-test"

2025-03-21 13:36:10 UTC

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you need to supply "DC_ACCOUNTS_PATH" to a path that you allowed to write in so it can create the accounts folder

2025-03-21 12:39:42 UTC

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I'd appreciate your help in this as @npub1vwl…xs67 wasn't able to reproduce the issue.

2025-03-21 12:38:15 UTC

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great that this works, though @npub1xse…lgk3 opened an issue on the desktop repo with your report and I would like to help getting it solved/closed.
Could you try to download and run https://github.com/chatmail/core/releases/download/v1.156.2/deltachat-rpc-server-x86_64-linux ? that't the dc core binary that desktop failed to load/find in your screenshot.
If it doesn't work it would be interesting to know any clues to why and wether the newest core from https://github.com/chatmail/core/releases still has the problem.

2025-03-21 12:30:21 UTC

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what cpu architecture do you have?
does the file at `resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@deltachat/stdio-rpc-server-linux-<your architecture>/deltachat-rpc-server exist?`

2025-03-21 11:59:03 UTC

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tauri version source code is meanwhile available on https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/tree/main/packages/target-tauri
not yet ready for daily use but basic functionality like sending, receiving messages and files and html emails work. notable things that are still in development are notifications, tray icon and webxdc.
Also at this point in time you need to compile from source as there are no "releases" yet.

2025-03-18 20:01:52 UTC

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we are not really about big numbers, like we can not even tell exact download numbers because places like f-droid don't track download counts.
I doubt that big numbers are a good argument for a privacy centric messengers that is not about big communities nor social media but about communication with your close social circle.
Like delta chat has no global discovery and no moderation features so far.

2025-03-18 19:55:59 UTC

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you can attempt to compile https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/tree/main/packages/target-tauri for freebsd
or you could take this forum thread as a guide to build the electron version: https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-on-freebsd/2948

2025-03-09 17:42:34 UTC

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If you are really porting webxdc or deltachat to an obscure device or hobby os, then come to us in the forum, if you have questions we're happy to at least think about it, maybe even help.

2025-03-09 01:31:13 UTC

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I mostly wanted to share loathers blogpost in which he describes how easy it was for him to create a new client because the api of dc core is easy to understand.

2025-03-09 01:24:41 UTC

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Do you already know
https://support.delta.chat/t/list-of-all-known-client-projects/3059 ?
@npub1dq5…xv62 (ubuntu touch client) would be worth mentioning, especially with the blogpost from @npub1jxt…6fpv : https://delta.chat/en/2023-07-02-deltatouch
Arcane chat is technically a soft-fork of the android client with special patches by @npub1xwh…a5qd

2025-03-07 14:27:49 UTC

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have you used the "setup as second device" feature?

2025-03-06 23:38:46 UTC

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welche Vorteile bietet sup gegenüber Delta Chat?

2025-03-06 23:33:23 UTC

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(maybe I'm just dumb, but everyone I know, who knows gpg also complains about it, so I guess it is gpg and not me)

2025-03-06 23:33:03 UTC

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sorry, but no. gnupgp UX sucks so hard that even I don't get it without extensive internet searching.
And I heard horrible stuff out integration into programs, like that they need to kill the #gpg daemon regularly to make it work.
Let's rather invest our efforts into making modern alternatives like #rpgp and #rsop
https://crates.io/crates/rsop/ great.

2025-03-06 23:18:16 UTC

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2025-03-06 23:14:16 UTC

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fo p2p you could also have a second device that stays online. or you could transfer large files over #iroh and have a #iroh node that pins your files.

2025-03-06 23:12:28 UTC

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well once you add the file storage provider in the settings then you can send larger files, like it could ask you when you attach a file that is bigger than 10mb.
A email hosted could also bring out a paid whitelabled version of delta chat that has a fileserver pre-set.
You could also share those presets (server address and your credentials) over qr code or special link with your friends.

2025-03-06 23:09:08 UTC

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I have a concept for link previews without the security issues of capturing ip addresses: basically make the sender fetch and send the link thumbnail and info
https://support.delta.chat/t/privacy-preserving-rich-links/2152

2025-03-06 23:05:06 UTC

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there were ideas to support uploading to some kind of file server from dc directly. would not be that complex, maybe like video chat links you could add a fileserver instance.
I personally think chatmail shouldn't offer free file hosting. Storing large files is expensive and anonymous large file uploads could be attractive for criminals.
So should be bring your own fileserver/nextcloud whatever or buy storage.

2025-03-06 19:25:17 UTC

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also nice idea, though the app is already really good.
What could be nice would be some interface where you can select some limited entities/lamps/devices to be controlled by a bot+webxdc and then it creates a group where you can add friends that stay over so while they are in the group they can just control the light and stuff in the guest room and they don't need to download extra apps?

2025-03-06 18:28:30 UTC

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delta chat should work fine for receiving transactional mail, though I don't have personal experience on using it for this on busy accounts.
The only big limit is that you can't easily set the subject yet from the ui when sending emails. https://support.delta.chat/t/subject-of-emails/264

2025-03-06 18:25:04 UTC

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Also works on mobile (#homeassistant app).
I haven't setup remote access on my home assistant instance, but since this is integrated over ingress I bet that it would just work.
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2025-03-06 18:20:14 UTC

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I haven't found one yet 😅
I was making some other addons to track some metrics, so I saw how easy making addons is. Which brought me to attempting this a small challenge.

2025-03-06 18:17:23 UTC

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In the future it could be nice to also integrate it further into home-assistant, so you can send a delta chat message in automations, like when a leak was detected or sth.
Could be nice to have this with the desktop UI, because it can make setting up bot accounts feels more tangible than just setting a email and password field.

2025-03-06 18:13:47 UTC

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I made the #deltachat_web version run as add-on on #HomeAssistant. It was easy, just took me around 2 days.
So this is one way to host the browser edition in your local network. :homeassistant:
Though I must tell you that I don't plan to maintain this, I just made it because it looked like a fun side quest to #deltatauri. That being said it is totally usable.
Thanks @npub1hn2…kl6z for making add-on development so easy.
https://codeberg.org/treefit/deltachat-homeassistant-addon
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2025-03-06 14:20:05 UTC

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That is the restriction/feature of the #chatmail accounts, you can only sent encrypted messages. If you want to also send opportunistically[^1] encrypted emails to normal email accounts, then you need to use DC as email client for a normal email account.
https://delta.chat/chatmail
[^1]: this means it is not encrypted until you got the publickey of the other person, but you can still do the qr code scan to get guaranteed e2e encryption that doesn't easily fallback to plaintext

2025-02-27 16:58:20 UTC

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vor der Übernahme durch Facebook habe ich noch nie Werbung von WhatsApp gesehen. Ich gehe mal davon aus das WhatsApp diese Position hat, weil die App zur richtigen zeit am richtigen Ort war (einer der ersten cross-platform internet messaging apps für phones in einer Umgebung wo das billiger war als sms) und danach der Netzwerk-Effekt übernommen hat.

2025-02-27 16:49:11 UTC

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echt weltweit? zumindest in den USA nicht sonst gäbe es ja das mobbing problem mit Grüne vs. Blaue Blase nicht.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuaKzm7Kq9Q

2025-02-11 17:27:00 UTC

✨ My first technical blogpost is out now. ✨
If you ever wanted to learn a bit about how
#deltachat works internally and why we have two ways to communicate with our #rust core, then this is introduction to read
https://delta.chat/en/2025-02-11-why-jsonrpc-bindings-exist
#jsonrpc #cffi #c #rust #deltachat_desktop #deltachat_core

2025-01-24 23:28:57 UTC

I have a #Fediverse #ActivityPub question:
Why doesn't my client ( #mastodon or #pixelfed ) automatically load the comments from the original page so that all comments are visible?
Is there a technical reason?

2025-01-17 22:45:03 UTC

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Or do you mean you only have one profile that you partly configured and can not go back from?

2025-01-17 22:43:44 UTC

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send me some screenshots, sounds like a bug, but I'm unable to follow you just from your description.

2025-01-17 22:31:24 UTC

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I don't know how it would work technically and if it is even possible technically. We can discuss this in detail in the forum if you want.
I could think of a button in the ui of delta chat desktop to nuke all user data, but it won't be able to remove everything, because as long as the app is running, like there are still cache files and logs from electron. I think the best way is still to use flatpak.

2025-01-17 22:22:31 UTC

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I don't know about how we would show a dialog "do you want to remove user data too?" on linux like uninstallers do on windows - AFAIK that's not common on linux. on linux there are package managers, on windows each program ships their own uninstall.exe program
If you want easy way to remove apps including user data on linux, then use flatpak:
flatpak uninstall --delete-data <app-name>

2025-01-17 21:16:26 UTC

The time has come for a new #deltachat_desktop Test Release: 1.51.0 !
Besides many bug fixes we added a New App Picker 🚀 which allows to browse and attach #webxdc apps directly from attachment menu.
Help us find the most
annoying bugs so we can make sure this update is ready to be released on
the website and in stores:
https://support.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-1-51-x-release/3516
#deltachat
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2024-12-01 16:03:07 UTC

I'm making progress on the #tauri version of #deltachat_desktop
So far it only takes 38 mb 📦 (78mb installed) in package size instead of the 150mb 📦(323mb installed) of the Delta Chat Desktop #electron version.
I'll keep you updated in this thread.
Thanks to #nlnet & #ngi0_entrust for funding this project: https://nlnet.nl/project/DeltaTauri/.
#deltachat #deltatauri
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2024-09-11 02:08:41 UTC

Newest Experiment
#deltachat #deltachat_desktop
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2024-09-09 21:47:32 UTC

Have you tried using generative #AI for #coding ?
AI meaning #LLM here, like GH-Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Ollama and so on.